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It’s “PhDerivator, Candidate” now, y’all!!!

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Rosie, in a blue flowery dress and blue suit jacket, makes a surprised face to the camera.
April 23, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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YA GIRL IS OFFICIALLY A PHD STUDENT* YALL 🥳🥳🥳
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September 15, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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I have survived the Qualifier exam without puking, passing out or crying. I will hopefully know the results tonight (I think I did ok, which is hopefully enough to never have to worry about this again) 🤞🤞🤞
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September 15, 2023 at 2:56 PM
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I have now officially written an entire dissertation proposal draft. I am also now very, very tired
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The title page of a 54-page Microsoft word document reading "Laser Ablation-Induced Corrosion Resistance for Molten Salt Equipment Materials Utilizing Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Analysis."
April 6, 2024 at 3:42 AM
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Hi gay friends in my phone! Please cross your fingies, light your candles & send out your best well wishes/aura boosting energy as I am working on my first 2 post doc applications that will either keep me in Knox or bring me back to ATL. Please & thank you 💖🧑‍🔬💖
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June 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Dissertation officially sent to committee. One week until defense. Still doesn't feel real.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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...but also like I can actually be excited for what this might end up being! #LittleEngineerThatCould #PhDerivator #WeDoLasersMotherfucker
January 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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It’s hard to believe this was an entire year ago, while simultaneously feeling like a lifetime ago. Cross your fingers for me, y’all. I’m hoping to graduate in 8 months!!!
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A screenshot of a social media post from last year in which Rosie happily exclaims that she had passed her PhD qualifying exam. The screenshot also includes an image of Rosie in a blue floral dress with a blue suit jacket, making an excited face and with her hand raised as if gasping and attempting to cover her mouth.
April 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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First four chapters of my dissertation draft (4/9, currently, counting references and Python appendices) officially sent off to my advisor. PLEASE CLAP 😮‍💨
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September 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I have pajamas on, a freezer full of pizza rolls and a partial bottle of blackberry Jack Daniels. Time to see if I can finish my first full dissertation draft this weekend (TODAY IS ONE MONTH UNTIL DEFENSE AHHHHHH)!

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October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The hardest part of grad school, other than believing I can do it, is being away from my dog. The hardest part of being home with my dog is now how much I miss darling boy. I'm definitely looking forward to us all being together when this is over.
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October 13, 2023 at 4:49 AM
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...(and some federal agency/lab needs a tiny minion of slightly less chaos in the office/lab)???
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August 8, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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I did not mean to make myself cry while trying to write my dissertation acknowledgements but here we are.
Is there a somewhat classy and academic way to call your dad a bitch for dying before he got to see you fulfill your dream or nah?
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April 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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🫠🤓😵‍💫 (4/4)
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September 12, 2023 at 1:27 PM
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I don’t know what the future holds (hopefully a PhD 😅) or where I’ll end up, but nights like this just make me really grateful for the support system I have. I really appreciate just being able to enjoy life for a little bit.
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A fire in a celestial themed fire pit sits in the background, while an iPad with stickers on it is seen close to the screen as if on the photographer’s lap. A tuxedo cat lays curled up on a starry blue blanket, next to the legs of Rosie (the photographer). A black pit-dane mix and a brown and white brindle pit mix stare into the camera with their legs draped over the arm of a couch.
December 24, 2023 at 2:24 AM
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Grad school is hella stressful, but I’m so incredibly grateful for conference opportunities like these!
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Rosie holds a tasting cup of coffee in front of a fence that holds a bag that says “Kona Coffee.” Behind everything is the coffee farm in the distance. Rosie, arms stretched out in a “Ta Da!” Motion, stands in front of the entrance to a lava tube. A close up of the Kilauea crater in Hawaii, spilling an active trail of lava that glows against the dark background. The Hawaiian night sky, so devoid of light pollution that it is not only full of bright stars but also seemingly covered in tiny pricks of much further stars.
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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…it’s not personal. Please be gentle and remind me. Thanks y’all. Last year and then I can take a big vacation and do nothing for like a month, right??? (2/2)
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February 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I have officially applied for my first postdoc position. Everyone cross your fingers, light some candles and/or send some positive vibes my way because the next 6 months are going to be an exhausting last push!!!
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July 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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…my first published research paper, getting to intern from home over the summer, and moving closer to home for my last year of research. Here’s hoping for a bit more time to breathe this year ✨📚🧑🏻‍🏫💻✨
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January 2, 2024 at 1:30 AM